CHAETOGNATH | • chaetognath n. Any of several marine worms of the phylum Chaetognatha. • chætognath n. Obsolete form of chaetognath. • CHAETOGNATH n. a kind of marine worm. |
DETHATCHING | • dethatching v. Present participle of dethatch. • DETHATCH v. to remove thatch from. |
DIPHTHONGED | • DIPHTHONG v. to pronounce as a diphthong. |
EIGHTEENTHS | • eighteenths n. Plural of eighteenth. • EIGHTEENTH n. an eighteenth part. |
ENSHEATHING | • ensheathing v. Present participle of ensheathe. • ENSHEATH v. to enclose as in a sheath, also ENSHEATHE, INSHEATH, INSHEATHE. |
ETHNOGRAPHY | • ethnography n. (Anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies. • ethnography n. An ethnographic work. • ETHNOGRAPHY n. the study and systematic recording of human cultures. |
HATCHELLING | • hatchelling v. Present participle of hatchel. • HATCHEL v. to separate flax fibres with a comb, also HACKLE, HECKLE. |
HAUGHTINESS | • haughtiness n. The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery. • HAUGHTINESS n. the state of being haughty. |
HEADHUNTING | • headhunting v. Present participle of headhunt. • headhunting n. (Anthropology) The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one’s enemy. • headhunting n. The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel. |
HEIGHTENERS | • heighteners n. Plural of heightener. • HEIGHTENER n. something that heightens. |
HEIGHTENING | • heightening v. Present participle of heighten. • heightening n. The act by which something is heightened or increased. • HEIGHTEN v. to raise. |
HYPHENATING | • hyphenating v. Present participle of hyphenate. • HYPHENATE v. to insert a hyphen into. |
INSHEATHING | • insheathing v. Present participle of insheath. • insheathing v. Present participle of insheathe. • INSHEATH v. to enclose in a sheath, also ENSHEATH. |
KNIGHTHEADS | • knightheads n. Plural of knighthead. • KNIGHTHEAD n. either of a pair of vertical supports for the bowsprit. |
NIGHTSHADES | • nightshades n. Plural of nightshade. • NIGHTSHADE n. a name given to various plants, esp. of the Solanaceae family and chiefly poisonous or narcotic. |
SHORTCHANGE | • shortchange v. To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction. • shortchange v. (By extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid. • shortchange v. To make disadvantaged by design. |
SHOUTHERING | • SHOUTHER v. (Scots) to assume the burden of, also SHOULDER. |
THORNHEDGES | • THORNHEDGE n. a hedge of hawthorn. |
UNSHEATHING | • unsheathing v. Present participle of unsheathe. • unsheathing n. The removal of something from a sheath. • UNSHEATHE v. to remove from a sheath. |